title: Occupationally acquired Salmonella I 4,12:i:1,2 infection in a phlebotomist--Minnesota, January 2013.
abstract: On January 25, 2013, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified of two clinical cases of Salmonella I 4,12:i:1,2 infection with isolates that had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. Illness onset dates were January 3 and January 9, 2013. Patients A and B were hospitalized at the same hospital during January 12-15 for dehydration. Investigations indicated that these cases were part of a multistate outbreak associated with frozen mice purchased to feed snakes.
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D018962:Phlebotomy; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology